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> But it seems arbitrary to say that Android is a failure when it has more users than iOS or Linux. I'm not saying android is a failure, I'm saying it's sandbo
by flukus 8y ago
> But it seems arbitrary to say that Android is a failure when it has more users than iOS or Linux.
I'm not saying android is a failure, I'm saying it's sandboxing has not prevented malware and spyware being ubiquitous. This was a problem way back before android itself was a huge success.
> Browsers are another important example of sandboxing.
This has been pretty effective at preventing malware, but the web is a privacy nightmare and constantly getting worse.
- skybrian 8y agoOk, I see what you mean. Caveats: Android doesn't rely solely on sandboxing. They also do automatic scanning and do often find stuff [1]. I also wouldn't say malware is so bad it's "ubiquitous" on Android since it's in the news quite often but I don't think the average user is likely to encounter it? My take on it is that current-generation sandboxes have permissions designed for security (preventing takeover by hackers), not privacy. In particular, preventing an app from phoning home isn't something they try to do. You can't have privacy without security so sandboxing is a prerequisite, though. [1] https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/02/how-we-fought-bad-apps-and-malicious.html https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/02/how-we-fou...